Kemo
09-27-2018, 08:44 PM
Another Canadian wrestler has received a 5-year ban from entering the United States. A similar ban was given to Montreal’s “Speedball” Mike Bailey in 2016. According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Nicole Matthews will be unable to cross the American border for 5 years.
In the past, wrestlers have received similar punishments when they have been turned away from the border and then tried to cross again within a 24-hour period. Usually, this has to do with the wrestler not having a work VISA and/or trying to cross the border multiple times.
It is not clear what led to Matthews’ ban, however. We reached out to Matthews for comment. She offered up the following on Twitter:
Timing, eh?
I’ll be fine, everyone. That’s all I’m going to say about the elephant in the room.
— Nicole Matthews ?? (@nmatthewsninja) September 27, 2018
Unfortunately, things are about to get a whole lot weirder at the border soon as well. Canada will legalize recreational marijuana on October 17th, 2018 and immigration lawyers are warning Canadians this will drastically increase the number of people turned away when trying to cross into the United States.
31-year-old Nicole Matthews is a 12-year pro out of British Columbia. She’s a former SHIMMER Champion and 2x SHIMMER Tag-Team Champion along with Portia Perez. Matthews was ranked #32 in the 2017 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 50 Female single’s wrestler’s category. She’d ranked in at #16 the previous two years.
In the past, wrestlers have received similar punishments when they have been turned away from the border and then tried to cross again within a 24-hour period. Usually, this has to do with the wrestler not having a work VISA and/or trying to cross the border multiple times.
It is not clear what led to Matthews’ ban, however. We reached out to Matthews for comment. She offered up the following on Twitter:
Timing, eh?
I’ll be fine, everyone. That’s all I’m going to say about the elephant in the room.
— Nicole Matthews ?? (@nmatthewsninja) September 27, 2018
Unfortunately, things are about to get a whole lot weirder at the border soon as well. Canada will legalize recreational marijuana on October 17th, 2018 and immigration lawyers are warning Canadians this will drastically increase the number of people turned away when trying to cross into the United States.
31-year-old Nicole Matthews is a 12-year pro out of British Columbia. She’s a former SHIMMER Champion and 2x SHIMMER Tag-Team Champion along with Portia Perez. Matthews was ranked #32 in the 2017 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 50 Female single’s wrestler’s category. She’d ranked in at #16 the previous two years.